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Why Pix Made AI Fraud Prevention an Infrastructure Requirement

Brazil built the world's most advanced instant payments infrastructure. In doing so, it created the world's most advanced bank fraud problem. Pix processed 63.4 billion transactions in 2024 on an irrevocable settlement rail — a fraud surface that no rule-based system can adequately cover, and a financial inclusion opportunity that no traditional credit model can serve.